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Namloh2000
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hegel's dialectic is as follows:
thesis + antithesis = synthesis
the synthesis of the previous dialectic then forms the thesis of the next, mixing with another antithesis to produce a synthesis on a higher level - this synthesis then becomes a thesis again etc.
Hegel argued that culture and orthodoxy has been determined BY this dialectic and that social change is guarenteed because of this dialectic. He also argued that it would continue toward a synthesis so perfect that from it could be produced no antithesis - he called this the "absolute idea"
my question to you:
is hegel's "absolute idea" a concrete possibility, or symply an assymptote that all dialectic merely approaches, but will never acheive?
thesis + antithesis = synthesis
the synthesis of the previous dialectic then forms the thesis of the next, mixing with another antithesis to produce a synthesis on a higher level - this synthesis then becomes a thesis again etc.
Hegel argued that culture and orthodoxy has been determined BY this dialectic and that social change is guarenteed because of this dialectic. He also argued that it would continue toward a synthesis so perfect that from it could be produced no antithesis - he called this the "absolute idea"
my question to you:
is hegel's "absolute idea" a concrete possibility, or symply an assymptote that all dialectic merely approaches, but will never acheive?